Combined angle-bar, nut-lock, and rail joint and brace.



L. HARVEY.

OOMBINED ANGLE BAR, NUT LOOK, AND RAIL JOINT AND BRAGE. APPLICATION FILED APR.10,1911.

1,013,488, Patented Jan.2,1912.

To all whom it may concern:

LINDSEY HARVEY, F P RENTISS, MISSISSIPPI.

COMBINED ANGLE-BAR, NUT-LOCK, AND RAIL JOINT AND BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 10, 191}. Serial Ho. 620,212.

Patented Jan. al ele.

Be it known that I, LmnsnY'HARvEY, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Prentiss, in the county of Jefferson Davis and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Com-- bined Angle-Bar, Nut-Lock, and Rail Joint and Brace, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to an improvement in railroad joints, braces and nut looks, the various parts being combined thereby formin a chair to receive the meeting ends of rails, which chair forms'a brace and tie plate and also forms a lock for the nuts'employed in holding the said plates to the rails;

The invention consists in the novel fea tures of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which 1:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing those parts applied to the outer side of the rails. Fig. 2 is a plan View. Fig. 3 is a side view showin rails with my device applied thereto. Fig. 4 is a transverse section upon the line as of Fig. 2.

In the above mentioned drawings 1 represents the end portion of railroad rails of the usual construction and upon the inner sides of said rails and overlapping the joint between them I place a metal tie plate 2 which fits against the rail web and which is provided with a flange, 3 that extends over the rail base and which is notched at 4 to receive the usual spikes. Upon the outer faces of the rails is placed a flat tie plate 5, which is provided adjacent its ends with outwardly extending integral braces 6, said braces-clearing the rail base. The plate 5 is not provided with a flange as is the plate 2, but midway its ends and directly opposite the'joint between two rails a boss 5) is formed upon the plate which thickens and strengthens it at this point. Both the plates 2 and 5 are provided with the usual bolt openings and bolts 7 pass through these late's-and through the rails, and are held in place by nuts 8. In order to lock these nuts in place I provide a locking bar IQ,

which bears'against the plate 5 and rests upon the base of the rail. This plate fits beneath the nuts and snugly between the rail base and the said nuts, thus preventing their turning while said locking bar is in the inner sides of the place. This bar is provided wall slightly curved flan e 11 0 less thickness than the bar, and o greater width. The end por tions of this flange rest upon the ties and beneath the lower ends of the braces 6, both,

ortions of the flange 11 being provided with suitable per,-

the braces and the end forat-ions to receive spikes which, secure both the braces 6 and the flange 11 to the ties. It will be noted that this locking bar 10, which is arranged only upon the outer sides of the rails takes the place of the flange 3 carried by the plate 2 and may therefore be considered -as a detachable flange. It will of course be obvious that it formed integral with the plate 5 it could not serve both as a flange and as a lock for.

the nuts 8. By withdrawing the spikes which fasten the braces 6 to the-ties the .bar 10 can he slipped out of place, and the nuts can then be taken off thus permitting the'removal of the plate 5, or withdrawal of the bolts 7.

The entire device forms a chair to receive the meeting ends of the rails which is so constructed that a very'seoure and rigid joint is made and one that is readily placed in position or removed, but which is at the v same time locked in position so that there is practically no danger of its accidentally working loose by reason of jars and vibrations from the passage of trains.

What I claim is: Y 1. In a device of the kind described, a plate adapted to fit against the Web of a rail, outwardly and downwardly extending braces carried by said plate, and a,- locking bar adapted to fit against said late and upon the base of the rail and provided with extending flange portions adapted forest beneath the lower en a braces.

2. A combined tie p ioclr, comprising a plate adapted 5 4 t a rail web and perforated. to {'6 olts, retaining bolts passing through I i iterations, nuts upon. said bolts, outwat extending braces carried bythe plate, a locking bar fitting beneath and in engagement With said nuts and having its and portions secured under said braces.

3. The combination with the meeting end portions of railroad rails, of a flanged plate arranged upon the inner faces of the rails, a plate arranged upon the outer faces, said last mentioned plate having a boss midway its ends and having braces formed integral therewith adjacent its ends, bolts passing through said plates, nuts Working upon said bolts and bearing against the second mentioned plate, and a bar resting beneath said nuts and upon the rail bases, said braces being provided with a curved flange extending beyond the brace proper, the end portions of said flange resting beneath the braces, the said bar forming a detachable flange for the second mentioned plate and also a lock for said nuts.

4. In a device of the kind described, a eombination'with a perforated plate, inte' gral laterally extending braces projecting from the outer side of said plate, said plate having a boss formed thereon between said braces, and a bar adapted to bear against said plate, said bar having a flange of greater Width than the body portion of the bar, the said bar resting beneath the boss and the flange extending beneath said braces, as and for the purpose set forth.

LINDSEY HARVEY. Witnesses LEE MONK, BRYANT HARVEY. 

